A NEW restaurant put its money where its mouth is this month as staff donated all of their tips to charity.

Staff at the new Harvester at Merthyr Tydfil Leisure Village raised £450 for the Make-A-Wish Foundation before the restaurant even officially opened.

All the tips handed over by customers during a special preview weekend before the restaurant opened on August 16 were donated to the children’s charity.

Harvester will continue their fundraising activities for Make-A-Wish all month by encouraging customers to get involved and purchasing charity badges.

Sarah Pullen, manager of the Merthyr Tydfil Harvester, said: “Harvester has had great success raising money through its August Make-A-Wish month over the past few years and the staff here did not want to be left out.

“Therefore they decided to put the charity first and selflessly donate all their tips from our preview sessions on Saturday and Sunday, which took place the weekend before opening.

“Now we’re open we will be selling special star badges from Make-A-Wish for which we’re asking people to donate £1. This will help us make a real difference to children and young people across the country.”